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U.S.S. HERON
(AVP-2)Click to view crew list
AVP-2 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1918 | - | Launch Date: 18 MAY 1918 | ||
| OCT | 1918 | - | Commissioned: 30 OCT 1918 | ||
| DEC | 1941 | - | DEC | 1941 | Seaplane Advanced Base Operations: Balabac Philippines |
| DEC | 1941 | - | MAR | 1942 | Support Patrol Wing TEN U. S. Asiatic Fleet for NEI ops |
| FEB | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 12 FEB 1946 | ||
AVP-2 General Specifications
Class: Lapwing-class minesweeper
Complement: 78 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 840 tons
Length: 187 feet 10 inches
Beam: 35 feet 6 inches
Draft: 9 feet 9 in
Final Disposition: Transferred to the State Department (Foreign Liquidation C